can a 3.5g loco be built in 5″g

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28 June 2013 at 10:51 #123314
Marcus Tett
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I was wondering if it’s possible to scale up a 3.5″g loco plans into 5″gauge with the obvious dimensional checks for interference but wondered if some parts of the loco would then be over engineered.
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Marcus Tett
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28 June 2013 at 14:34 #123336
Springbok
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could you tell us what loco
28 June 2013 at 16:19 #123342
Marcus Tett
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Yes…..3.5″g William loco

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28 June 2013 at 16:44 #123343
Bazyle
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Castings can be a problem unless you find an equivalent 5in design. It might be less effort to 'stretch' a Simplex as has been done before. As William is a freelance there is more scope for adjustment to fit as convenient but equally why bother when there are so many 5in designs. If it were a particular prototype that was not available in 5in it would make more sense.
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can a 3.5g loco be built in 5″g

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